Monday Devotional: You’re Looking Good

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You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:2-3 NIV

Rebecca checked her face in the mirror one more time. Her make-up was perfect, her hair smooth and styled just the way she liked it. She turned her head—the right side . . . great. The left side?

She sighed. The scar that ran from her hairline to her jaw still flared out like neon, red and angry. It made her feel ugly and unwanted. Since the accident, she’d stayed in the house, but Rebecca couldn’t stand it one day longer. She had to get out, even if the world stared and condemned her. She’d start with church and see what happened. “Lord, help me,” she whispered.

In a world where an unachievable standard of physical beauty is in front of us almost every day, Rebecca’s hesitation is understandable. At times like these, remembering that God sees within, that we are called to be beautiful from within because of Him, is never easy.

Worldly standards of beauty change; God’s standards never do. It is not our make-up but what we are made of that lets our true beauty shine.

Lord, help me remember that I may be the only “scripture” some people ever see. Let my heart and manner represent you as best I can. Amen.

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Today’s Devotional is adapted from Whispers of Wisdom for Busy Women, Barbour, Day 222.

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